last winter this place was santa's workshop.


come one guys post some pics. :lasso:

Not till the swap is done :D
BTW I feel inadequate; I only have 7" hackles on my needlefish....
Nice plug...
BTW; I had a mishap with that danny you gave me.. it went in for surgery, and it got an eye transplant... I'll show you when its finished...

BTW; I had a mishap with that danny you gave me.. it went in for surgery, and it got an eye transplant... I'll show you when its finished...
:eyes: :gorez:

Had a 'bright idea' to darken the back and leave the belly; the paint ran bit so I drilled out those eyes, sanded it and will try soemthing different...
next week sometime...
you working today?

Hey RIRH

Swap Plugs been eating up my time. I got 13 more to epoxy and then they'll be on their way. When those are done it will be my turn :D

Hey Tony!

you working today?
working at home today.. will be in the shop for about an hour at some point.. gotta pack and ship an important box.

NO NO NO NO. IT'S TOP SECRET STUFF FOR THE PLUGFEST. (I't will never win but hey, it keeps me out of trouble till then).:soon: :wid: :spin: :usd:

I made one that worked well for me last year so i figgured I'd try some more. I don't know if the picture shows it well but I dusted it with a rattle can of glitter before I epoxied it and it came out really cool.

very nice aquaman :kewl:

Some small poppers I've been working on. Bramuda cedar.

these, lots of these

Bumming out here Eben. Been working on table saw, chop saw, router, planer, joiner, drill press, but have yet to be able to wheel out the lathe:af: Work is getting in the way of progress. But it's good to have the work! I gonna be in chit if/when TDF, Luds48, Clogston, and Steelhead all make good on their threats to show up in the shop.

trying to get my wife naked again

Hey Nightfighter! Hows about we all come over wit some beer and pizza and make you take a night off sometime in the next few weeks? Get that lathe hummin'!

trying to get my wife naked again
I've never had a problem ..
finally finished swap plugs took all my time.. want to get back into Floyd Romans have 2" ayc now .. and want slimmer prophile gibbs knockoff 2.5 darters.. and want to make a large variety of needles ...And jointed stuff and want to carve a fish like mac and cs and working on the secret weapon ,, why I never thought of it before .. why no one eles is doing it . i suspect some are and keeping it a secret..

trying to get my wife naked again

Good luck on that front CS, I know tough that can be to do with my better half. Oh the grievous damage the toll of gravity takes.

trying to get my wife naked again
show her your wood ..

I do,,but she tell's me to take downstairs and hang up with the rest of the collection that's garthering dust.

Just finished this guy up tonight..
This is my first shot at reproducing an oldie.. A jerry Sylvester flaptail. This was 'the plug' back in the 50's in narragansett.

I do,,but she tell's me to take downstairs and hang up with the rest of the collection that's garthering dust.


tell her its like fine furniture... if it dont get oiled every few years it will split. :D

CS, mebbe you need one of Cap'n Flap's Skin plugs:D
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/showthread.php?t=28398

John, we could set up something,

Here's a few that are epoxied and curing.
First attempt at a squid/spook and
a bottle darter
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a little peanut bunker
and some repaints of some the choppers got a hold of last season, some of my firsts, you can tell by the crappy tail wraps
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Just finished this guy up tonight..
This is my first shot at reproducing an oldie.. A jerry Sylvester flaptail. This was 'the plug' back in the 50's in narragansett.
:heybaby:

finally, some needles
and various sized metal lips with a similar paint scheme
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Another dozen, Slip finish, inspired needles.

Jnski, gotta love that Lil punk peanut. :kewl:

I am doing another fish. No pics until tomorrow though. Still need to shoot the clear and put the eyes in. Last of these for a while. Need to start my swap plugs.....:boots:

Just finished this guy up tonight..
This is my first shot at reproducing an oldie.. A jerry Sylvester flaptail. This was 'the plug' back in the 50's in narragansett.

:drool: SEND THAT TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

Hey Nebe, Do you ever sleep?

I just had 3 days in the basement. Time to come up for air.

I finally finished my mini swap plugs. I'll try to get them out tomorrow or the next day.

I've got a batch of slim dannies turned and drilled, and I took the heat gun to a dozen plugs that were either beat up or had epoxy probs, and stripped em back to bare wood to give them a second chance. kinda cool seeing teeth marks in the wood. I've gotta go thru all my bags and see how many other do-overs I have.

I spent the rest of the weekend working out the kinks on a protype, and I turned a batch of those today. ..:drool:

:drool: SEND THAT TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

ahhh.. you like?? When i make more, we shall trade if you wish. This one is goin' on my wall :D

Steelhead.. I fish like a mad man all spring, summer and fall. Now is the time to turn :wiggle:

here's a couple. the perch one going to mexico after largemouth

Fishfearme....dems nice!:heybaby:

I have to get in the shop for awhile....I got the swap plugs and some owesies to make......time is running short!:rolleyes:

I'm in. Just let me know when :cheers:

Hey Nightfighter! Hows about we all come over wit some beer and pizza and make you take a night off sometime in the next few weeks? Get that lathe hummin'!


It could become the North Shore version of Hooters......almost. :D

sweet plug Nebe!! :humpty:

Got a bunch of A40's waiting for clear, Got Jerry S. Flaptails waiting for clear, Got a bunch goo goo's lrg waiting for paint, got a squid waiting for paint, got a hypno waiting to be wired, got needles waiting for primer. :sleeps:

Got a bunch of A40's waiting for clear, Got Jerry S. Flaptails waiting for clear, Got a bunch goo goo's lrg waiting for paint, got a squid waiting for paint, got a hypno waiting to be wired, got needles waiting for primer. :sleeps:
'Timber's my best friend....

waaaay toooo much.

trying to get caught up, basement.. AAAAGGGHHH... ;)
right now, in order of importance... swap plugs, and Owseies, first, then a few fixed up ooopsies, and some bodies from a couple of other builders need to be finished... then a couple of new, (for me) styles... was hoping to make this my winter in darter hell, but that will have to wait till next year :(

Pikies: mini's, jumbos and a couple of sizes in between. Oh yea, jointeds. Been messing with a different joint design hoping to tighten up the wiggle a bit from that wide snake-swim. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But right now I'm just getting out of component hell with a new plugging rod I'm putting together.

Cowboy, A40 and a couple of spooks are going in the indoor test facility this afternoon. Kinda nice to have access to a Olympic size swimming pool on winter days.

i'm perfecting the fine art of completely screwing up nice looking plugs in the final stage. :uhuh:

it was sweet til i got greedy and tried one more coat of clear after waiting too long between coats.
the fresh stuff attacked everything that had already started to set up :wall:

It could become the North Shore version of Hooters......almost. :D


I'm up for it!

The big ones are about 9". The small ones 4 1/2-5".

all about 5"

just sealed.

some needles in the works now as well.

there's the picture-had some problems with uploading earlier

The spraybooth is now completed so I hope to be doing some painting this weekend.

Hey TFF, Nice crackle finish!!! You just made an antique! The fish won't care :-)

i'm perfecting the fine art of completely screwing up nice looking plugs in the final stage. :uhuh:

it was sweet til i got greedy and tried one more coat of clear after waiting too long between coats.
the fresh stuff attacked everything that had already started to set up :wall:

Orange crackle glass. :hihi:

Orange crackle glass. :hihi:

i was going for the crackle to bigin with just on the bottom, but the clear messed everything up big time.

spray yellow then right away hit it with florescent orange. the orange dries much faster than the yellow so it will crackle nice.
i'm gunna try it agian.

is the yellow oil base and the orange something else? I remember having that happen with a base color and a black over spray. AT the time I got pissed and wiped it off so I don't remember the combination of paints. Now I wish I could replicate it....

nope both krylon short cuts rattle cans.
not sure on the formula but florescent dries really fast and solids dry slower.
silver or gold same thing.dries really fast.
you can get krackle rattle cans. but i just stumbled onto this combo.
i show you in about an hour

Ohter than the plugs for the rookie swap here is a danny I finished in the attempt at a mackeral pattern and a carving that I finally got around to finishing.

GREAT fish:uhuh:

Heres a couple I've been working on. They are my first plugs. One of them as you can see didn't turn out quite the way I was Hoping. Oh well It's all a Learning experince right.

ON, awesome carving and paint. :drool: :kewl:

Ohter than the plugs for the rookie swap here is a danny I finished in the attempt at a mackeral pattern and a carving that I finally got around to finishing.

your carvings ok,
but the eel skin mack danny should be sent to me for further review.